Chair in Zoology
- 51cg
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- Email Address
- paul.thompson@abdn.ac.uk
- Office Address
- School/Department
- School of Biological Sciences






Biography
I'm a Professor in the School of Biological Sciences, based at the University's Lighthouse Field Station where my group conducts long-term ecological studies of marine top predators and their responses to environment change.
Our work aims to improve the evidence-base required to sustainably manage protected seabird and marine mammal populations, with a particular focus on interactions with fisheries and offshore energy developments.



Qualifications
- PhD Zoology1987 - 51cg
Distribution and abundance of common seals
- BSc Biology1982 - University of York
External Memberships
Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
Latest Publications
Highly Mobile Seabirds Reveal Areas of Conservation Importance Across the Atlantic Ocean
Conservation Letters, vol. 19, no. 5, e70075Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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From stable high costs to variable low costs: a continuum of non-breeding energy expenditure strategies in North Atlantic seabirds
Journal of Animal EcologyContributions to Journals: ArticlesEvidence of predation events by marine mammals at offshore wind farms
Scientific ReportsContributions to Journals: ArticlesTemporal changes in the dietary niche of sympatric seals provides insight into the role of competition in population declines
Oikos, vol. 2026, no. 6, e11875Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Measurements of Noise Levels and Porpoise Disturbance During Pile-Driving at Moray West Wind Farm: Comparison with Model Predictions Used in Regulatory Assessments
The Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life IV. Popper, A. N., Sisneros, J. A., Lepper, P. A., Vigness-Raposa, K. J. (eds.). Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 14 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters (Peer-Reviewed)- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Prizes and Awards
Marsh Award for Marine and Freshwater Conservation, 2015
- Research
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Research Overview
Current research aims to assess how natural and anthropogenic environmental variations influence the behaviour, physiology and dynamics of marine mammal and seabird populations. These questions have been approached by conducting long-term and comparative studies of key populations; primarily in Scottish waters but including some work overseas. These studies have been used to address a range of applied and theoretical questions, often requiring an inter-disciplinary approach and regularly involving collaboration with other research groups both in the UK and abroad. Topics of particular interest have included interactions between wildlife populations and fisheries, the impact of anthropogenic noise on marine mammal biology, seal foraging and breeding strategies, and effects of changing prey stocks and climate change on the population dynamics of marine top predators.
Research Areas
Research Specialisms
- Ecology
- Environmental Sciences
- Marine Sciences
- Acoustics
- Environmental Impact Assessment
Our research specialisms are based on the Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS) which is , published under the licence.
Current Research
Population ecology of marine mammals and seabirds; individual-based studies of focal populations of northern fulmars, harbour seals and bottlenose dolphins.
Moray Firth Marine Mammal Monitoring Programme [MMMP]; co-produced strategic research and monitoring programme to meet consent conditions for regional offshore wind developments.
PrePARED; consortium project on predator and prey responses to offshore structures, aimed at understanding cumulative environmental impacts and benefits of offshore windfarms.
SEATRACK; international collaboration to understand the at-sea distribution of seabirds in the NE Atlantic.
Knowledge Exchange
Knowledge exchange activities have involved regular consultancy work for industry and contributions to UK and International advisory groups. Current activities include membership of the DEFRA Strategic Underwater Noise Group and a Marine Scotland Strategic Marine Mammal Research Programme Steering Group.
Public engagement activities have built upon work at the Lighthouse Field Station, which has featured in a broad range of TV and Radio programmes and been the focus of Arts-Science collaborations such as .
Collaborations
Population ecology of marine mammals and seabirds; involves collaboration with the University of St Andrews Sea Mammal Research Unit and the University of Bangor.
Moray Firth Marine Mammal Monitoring Programme [MMMP]; involves collaboration with the University of St Andrews Sea Mammal Research Unit and CEFAS.
PrePARED; consortium led by Marine Scotland Science, including University of Exeter, SMRU Consulting, BIOSS, CEH, Nature Scot, Natural England & University of Aarhus.
SEATRACK; collaboration led by the Norwegian Polar Institute, Norwegian Institute for Nature Research and Norwegian Environment Agency. SEATRACK involves multiple partners working at over 50 seabird colonies encircling the Labrador, Greenland, Barents, Norwegian, North and Irish Seas.
Supervision
I've supervised around 25 PhD students who have gone on to work in a wide range of research, conservation and management roles.
You can find out more about their research projects and subsequent careers on the Lighthouse Field Station webpages.
I'm no longer taking on PhD students as a primary supervisor but remain open to involvement in supervisory teams for interesting project that relate to my current interests.
Funding and Grants
2022-2025, The Crown Estate Offshore Wind Evidence and Change Programme, PrePARED
2021-2022, BEIS, Cetacean responses to decommissioning noise.
2014-2022, Beatrice Offshore Wind Ltd, Moray Offshore Renewables Ltd, Marine Scotland, The Crown Estate, Highlands & Islands Enterprise, Marine Mammal Monitoring Programme for Moray Firth windfarm developments
2012-2024, Scottish Natural Heritage, Site condition monitoring for the Moray Firth Special Area of Conservation
2015-2016, DECC, Assessing cetacean responses to pile driving noise
2011-2012, Marine Scotland, Assessment of methods for monitoring marine mammals at marine renewable energy developments
2010-2012, Moray Offshore Renewables Ltd & Beatrice Offshore Wind Ltd, Development of a framework for assessing the impact of windfarm construction marine mammal populations.
2009-2013, DECC, Assessing the impact of seismic survey noise on cetaceans
- Teaching
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Teaching Responsibilities
The Lighthouse Field Station research programme has provided unique opportunities for >30 cohorts of UG and PGT students to experience research-led teaching within marine mammal ecology and conservation.
In particular, Cromarty-based Honours and Masters projects have provided unique field-based training opportunities; resulting in a strong record for graduate recruitment and many alumni obtaining important leadership roles in the UK and overseas. Undergraduates can also visit the Field Station for the Biodiversity Field Course (BI25F7).
Several Aberdeen-based courses at levels 1-5 draw upon Lighthouse research, with contributions to Frontiers in Biology (BI1009), Fundamentals in Marine Biology (BI25Z2), Animal Population Ecology (ZO4920), Marine Biodiversity (ZO4820), Marine Conservation Management (ZO5809) and Marine EIA (ZO5510).
Since 2017, I have been developing more online material for blended delivery, and exploring digital approaches to enable virtual access to remote fieldwork. From April 2022, I may continue to appear in some of these digital resources, but my previous teaching commitments will be undertaken by Dr Jo Kershaw.
- Publications
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Highly Mobile Seabirds Reveal Areas of Conservation Importance Across the Atlantic Ocean
Conservation Letters, vol. 19, no. 5, e70075Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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From stable high costs to variable low costs: a continuum of non-breeding energy expenditure strategies in North Atlantic seabirds
Journal of Animal EcologyContributions to Journals: ArticlesEvidence of predation events by marine mammals at offshore wind farms
Scientific ReportsContributions to Journals: ArticlesTemporal changes in the dietary niche of sympatric seals provides insight into the role of competition in population declines
Oikos, vol. 2026, no. 6, e11875Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
- [OPEN ACCESS]
Measurements of Noise Levels and Porpoise Disturbance During Pile-Driving at Moray West Wind Farm: Comparison with Model Predictions Used in Regulatory Assessments
The Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life IV. Popper, A. N., Sisneros, J. A., Lepper, P. A., Vigness-Raposa, K. J. (eds.). Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 14 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters (Peer-Reviewed)- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Acoustic Array Configurations for Dose-Response Studies: Impact Gradient Designs Influence Predictions of Noise Impacts on Cetaceans
The Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life IV. Popper, A. N., Sisneros, J. A., Lepper, P. A., Vigness-Raposa, K. J. (eds.). Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 12 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters (Peer-Reviewed)- [ONLINE] DOI:
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At-sea distribution of seals on the Northwest European Shelf: towards transboundary conservation and management
Journal of Applied Ecology, vol. 63, no. 1, e70236Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Clinical Chemistry Reference Intervals for Health Assessment in Wild Adult Harbour Seals
Animals, vol. 15, no. 23, 3429Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Reduced adult survival estimated in areas of decline of harbour seal populations in Scotland
Ecology and Evolution, vol. 15, no. 10, e72349Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Advancing seabird diet studies through buccal swabbing for DNA metabarcoding
Ecology and Evolution, vol. 15, no. 7, e71606Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Global Tracking of Marine Megafauna Space Use Reveals How to Achieve Conservation Targets
Science, vol. 388, no. 6751, pp. 1086-1097Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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The role of acoustic telemetry to assess the effects of offshore wind infrastructure on fish behaviour, populations and predation
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, vol. 212, 115306Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Harbour and grey seals: distribution maps for Scotland
Scottish Government. 34 pagesBooks and Reports: Commissioned Reports- [ONLINE]
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Bycatch of northern fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) in Norwegian longline fisheries: assessing spatiotemporal variations in scale and risk to improve management
Global Ecology and Conservation, vol. 56, e03350Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Site Condition Monitoring of bottlenose dolphins within the Moray Firth Special Area of Conservation 2017-2022: NatureScot Research Report 1360
NatureScot: Scotland's Nature Agency. 39 pagesBooks and Reports: Commissioned Reports- [ONLINE]
Characterising underwater noise and changes in harbour porpoise behaviour during the decommissioning of an oil and gas platform
Marine Pollution Bulletin, vol. 200, 116083Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Vessel noise prior to pile driving at offshore windfarm sites deters harbour porpoises from potential injury zones
Environmental impact assessment review, vol. 103, 107271Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Decadal increase in vessel interactions by a scavenging pelagic seabird across the North Atlantic
Current Biology, vol. 33, no. 19, pp. 4225-4231.e3Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Global assessment of marine plastic exposure risk for oceanic birds
Nature Communications, vol. 14, 3665Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Variation in foraging activity influences area-restricted search behaviour by bottlenose dolphins
Royal Society Open Science, vol. 10, no. 6, 221613Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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The effect of climate change on avian offspring production: a global meta-analysis
PNAS, vol. 120, no. 19, e2208389120Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Directional hydrophone clusters reveal evasive responses of small cetaceans to disturbance during construction at offshore windfarms
Biology Letters, vol. 19, no. 1, 20220101Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Acoustic characterisation of unexploded ordnance disposal in the North Sea using high order detonations
Marine Pollution Bulletin, vol. 184, 114178Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Reef effect of offshore structures on the occurrence and foraging activity of harbour porpoises
Frontiers in Marine Science, vol. 9, 980388Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Spy in the sky: a method to identify pregnant small cetaceans
Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, vol. 8, no. 4, pp. 492-505Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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A global horizon scan of issues impacting marine and coastal biodiversity conservation
Nature Ecology & Evolution, vol. 6, pp. 1262-1270Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Sympatric seals, satellite tracking and protected areas: habitat-based distribution estimates for conservation and management
Frontiers in Marine Science, vol. 9, 875869Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Prey encounters and spatial memory influence use of foraging patches in a marine central place forager
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, vol. 289, no. 1970, 20212261Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Spatiotemporal variation in harbor porpoise distribution and foraging across a landscape of fear
Marine Mammal Science, vol. 38, no. 1, pp. 42-57Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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The summer distribution, habitat associations and abundance of seabirds in the sub-polar frontal zone of the Northwest Atlantic
Progress in Oceanography, vol. 198, 102657Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Foraging distribution of breeding northern fulmars is predicted by commercial fisheries
Marine Ecology Progress Series, vol. 679, pp. 181-194Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE]
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Inter-annual variation in winter distribution affects individual seabird contamination with mercury
Marine Ecology Progress Series, vol. 676, pp. 243-254Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Light-level geolocators reveal spatial variations in interactions between northern fulmars and fisheries
Marine Ecology Progress Series, vol. 676, pp. 159-172Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Six pelagic seabird species of the North Atlantic engage in a fly-and-forage strategy during their migratory movements
Marine Ecology Progress Series, vol. 676, pp. 127-144Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Multispecies tracking reveals a major seabird hotspot in the North Atlantic
Conservation Letters, vol. 14, no. 5, 12824Contributions to Journals: Letters- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Counterintuitive active directional swimming behaviour by Atlantic salmon during seaward migration in the coastal zone
ICES Journal of Marine Science, vol. 78, no. 5, pp. 1730–1743Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Far-field effects of impulsive noise on coastal bottlenose dolphins
Frontiers in Marine Science, vol. 8, 664230Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Broad-Scale Responses of Harbor Porpoises to Pile-Driving and Vessel Activities During Offshore Windfarm Construction
Frontiers in Marine Science, vol. 8, 664724Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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AgentSeal: agent-based model describing movement of marine central-place foragers
Ecological Modelling, vol. 440, 109397Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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The year-round distribution of Northeast Atlantic seabird populations: Applications for population management and marine spatial planning
Marine Ecology Progress Series, vol. 676, pp. 255-276Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Balancing risks of injury and disturbance to marine mammals when pile driving at offshore wind farms
Ecological Solutions and Evidence, vol. 1, no. 2, e12034Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Evolutionary history of a Scottish harbour seal population
PeerJ, vol. 8, e9167Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Breeding status influences timing but not duration of moult in the Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis
Ibis, vol. 162, no. 2, pp. 446-459Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Distribution maps of cetacean and seabird populations in the North-East Atlantic
Journal of Applied Ecology, vol. 57, no. 2, pp. 253-269Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Age-length relationships in UK harbour seals during a period of population decline
Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, vol. 29, no. S1, pp. 61-70Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Changing distribution of the east coast of Scotland bottlenose dolphin population and the challenges of area‐based management
Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, vol. 29, no. S1, pp. 178-196Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Use of state-space modelling to identify ecological covariates associated with trends in pinniped demography
Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, vol. 29, no. S1, pp. 101-118Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Effects of impulsive noise on marine mammals: investigating range-dependent risk
Ecological Applications, vol. 29, no. 5, e01906Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Harbour porpoise responses to pile-driving diminish over time
Royal Society Open Science, vol. 6, no. 6, 190335Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Increasing trends in fecundity and calf survival of bottlenose dolphins in a marine protected area
Scientific Reports, vol. 9, 1767Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Variations in age- and sex-specific survival rates help explain population trend in a discrete marine mammal population
Ecology and Evolution, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 533-544Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Fine scale spatial variability in the influence of environmental cycles on the occurrence of dolphins at coastal sites
Scientific Reports, vol. 9, 2548Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Dead useful; methods for quantifying baseline variability in stranding rates to improve the ecological value of the strandings record as a monitoring tool
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, vol. 98, no. 5, pp. 1205-1209Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Central place foragers and moving stimuli: a hidden-state model to discriminate the processes affecting movement
Journal of Animal Ecology, vol. 87, no. 4, pp. 1116-1125Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Laser photogrammetry reveals variation in growth and early survival in free-ranging bottlenose dolphins
Animal Conservation, vol. 21, no. 3, pp. 252-261Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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The rate of telomere loss is related to maximum lifespan in birds
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, vol. 373, no. 1741, 20160445Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Predicting the impacts of anthropogenic disturbances on marine populations
Conservation Letters, vol. 11, no. 5, 12563Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Responses of bottlenose dolphins and harbour porpoises to impact and vibration piling noise during harbour construction
Ecosphere, vol. 8, no. 5, pp. 1-16Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Diurnal variation in harbour porpoise detection – potential implications for management
Marine Ecology Progress Series, vol. 570, pp. 223-232Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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A new approach to estimate fecundity rate from inter-birth intervals
Ecosphere, vol. 8, no. 4, e01796Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Can the Camera Lie? A Nonpermanent Nick in a Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)
Aquatic Mammals, vol. 43, no. 2, pp. 156-161Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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State-space modelling of geolocation data reveals sex differences in the use of management areas by breeding northern fulmars
Journal of Applied Ecology, vol. 53, no. 6, pp. 1880–1889Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Phenological sensitivity to climate across taxa and trophic levels
Nature, vol. 535, no. 7611, pp. 241-245Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Echolocation detections and digital video surveys provide reliable estimates of the relative density of harbour porpoises
Methods in Ecology and Evolution, vol. 7, no. 7, pp. 762-769Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Validating the use of intrinsic markers in body feathers to identify inter-individual differences in non-breeding areas of northern fulmars
Marine Biology, vol. 163, pp. 1-12Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Underwater noise modelling for environmental impact assessment
Environmental impact assessment review, vol. 57, pp. 114-122Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Soundscape and Noise Exposure Monitoring in a Marine Protected Area Using Shipping Data and Time-Lapse Footage
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings- [ONLINE] DOI:
Investigating individual growth rates in wild bottlenose dolphins using remote laser photogrammetry
21st Biennial Society for Marine Mammalogy ConferenceContributions to Conferences: PostersPredicting the effects of human developments on individual dolphins to understand potential long-term population consequences
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. B, Biological Sciences, vol. 282, no. 1818, 20152109Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Intrinsic and extrinsic drivers of activity budgets in sympatric grey and harbour seals
Oikos, vol. 124, no. 11, pp. 1462-1472Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Mark-resight estimates of seasonal variation in harbor seal abundance and site fidelity
Population Ecology, vol. 57, no. 3, pp. 467-472Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
Parallel declines in survival of adult Northern Fulmars Fulmarus glacialis at colonies in Scotland and Ireland
Ibis, vol. 157, no. 3, pp. 631-636Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
Estimating spatial, temporal and individual variability in dolphin cumulative exposure to boat traffic using spatially explicit capture-recapture methods
Animal Conservation, vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 20-31Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Integrating passive acoustic and visual data to model spatial patterns of occurrence in coastal dolphins
ICES Journal of Marine Science, vol. 72, no. 2, pp. 651-660Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Quantifying the effect of boat disturbance on bottlenose dolphin foraging activity
Biological Conservation, vol. 181, pp. 82-89Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Long-term trends in the use of a protected area by small cetaceans in relation to changes in population status.
Global Ecology and Conservation, vol. 2, pp. 118-128Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Assessing environmental impacts of offshore wind farms: lessons learned and recommendations for the future.
Aquatic Biosystems, vol. 10, no. 8, pp. 1-13Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
The importance of developing modeling frameworks to inform conservation decisions: a response to Lonergan
Oecologia, vol. 175, no. 4, pp. 1069-1071Contributions to Journals: Editorials- [ONLINE] DOI:
Variation in harbour porpoise activity in response to seismic survey noise
Biology Letters, vol. 10, no. 5, 20131090Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Mark-recapture modeling accounting for state uncertainty provides concurrent estimates of survival and fecundity in a protected harbor seal population
Marine Mammal Science, vol. 30, no. 2, pp. 691-705Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
Importance of accounting for phylogenetic dependence in multi-species mark-recapture studies
Ecological Modelling, vol. 273, pp. 236-241Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
Scale-dependent foraging ecology of a marine top predator modelled using passive acoustic data
Functional Ecology, vol. 28, no. 1, pp. 206-217Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
Monitoring ship noise to assess the impact of coastal developments on marine mammals
Marine Pollution Bulletin, vol. 78, no. 1-2, pp. 85-95Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Modelling harbour seal habitat by combining data from multiple tracking systems
Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, vol. 450, pp. 30-39Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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State-space modelling reveals proximate causes of harbour seal population declines
Oecologia, vol. 174, no. 1, pp. 151-162Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
Tracking a northern fulmar from a Scottish nesting site to the Charlie-Gibbs Fracture Zone: Evidence of linkage between coastal breeding seabirds and Mid-Atlantic Ridge feeding sites
Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, vol. 98, no. Part B, pp. 438-444Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Short-term disturbance by a commercial two-dimensional seismic survey does not lead to long-term displacement of harbour porpoises
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. B, Biological Sciences, vol. 280, no. 1771, 20132001Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Framework for assessing impacts of pile-driving noise from offshore wind farm construction on a harbour seal population
Environmental impact assessment review, vol. 43, pp. 73-85Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Predictions from harbor porpoise habitat association models are confirmed by long-term passive acoustic monitoring
Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, vol. 134, no. 3, pp. 2523-2533Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
Variation in breeding phenology provides insights into drivers of long-term population change in harbour seals
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. B, Biological Sciences, vol. 280, no. 1764, 20130847Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
Assessing behavioural responses of small cetaceans to seismic surveys
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Using Tooth Rakes to Monitor Population and Sex Differences in Aggressive Behaviour in Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus)
Aquatic Mammals, vol. 39, no. 2, pp. 107-115Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
Analysis of fatty acids and fatty alcohols reveals seasonal and sex-specific changes in the diets of seabirds
Marine Biology, vol. 160, no. 4, pp. 987-999Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Modelling the biological significance of behavioural change in coastal bottlenose dolphins in response to disturbance
Functional Ecology, vol. 27, no. 2, pp. 314-322Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
Spectral probability density as a tool for ambient noise analysis
Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, vol. 133, no. 4, pp. EL262-EL267Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
Analyzing temporally correlated dolphin sightings data using generalized estimating equations
Marine Mammal Science, vol. 29, no. 1, pp. 123-141Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
Integrating multiple data sources to assess the distribution and abundance of bottlenose dolphins Tursiops truncatus in Scottish waters
Mammal Review, vol. 43, no. 1, pp. 71-88Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Assessing the risks to marine mammal populations from renewable energy devices: an interim approach
Peterborough: Joint Nature Conservation Committee. 29 pagesBooks and Reports: Other Reports- [ONLINE]
Discrete or not so discrete: Long distance movements by coastal bottlenose dolphins in UK and Irish waters
Journal of Cetacean Research and Management, vol. 12, no. 3, pp. 365-371Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
Site Condition Monitoring of bottlenose dolphins within the Moray Firth Special Area of Conservation: 2008-2010
Scottish Natural Heritage. 34 pagesBooks and Reports: Commissioned Reports- [ONLINE]
